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Verse Proverbs 13:11. _WEALTH_ GOTTEN _BY VANITY_] Wealth that is not
the result of _honest industry_ and _hard labour_ is seldom permanent.
All fortunes acquired by speculation, lucky hits, and minis...
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BY VANITY - literally, “by a breath,” i. e., by a windfall, or
sudden stroke of fortune, not by honest labor. The general meaning
seems to be that the mere possession of riches is as nothing; they
com...
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CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is
continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the
righteous, illust...
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PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups
of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of
waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
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BY LABOUR. by the hand: "hand"being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_
(of Cause), App-6, for the labour effected by it....
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_by vanity_ i.e. by untrustworthy methods, such as speculation,
gambling, high rate of interest with poor security (comp. Proverbs
21:6), in contrast to hard work, _by labour_(lit. _with the hand_).
T...
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TEXT Proverbs 13:10-17
10.
By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.
11.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth by labor shall have increa...
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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by
labour shall increase.
WEALTH (GOTTEN) BY VANITY SHALL BE DIMINISHED: BUT HE THAT GATHERETH
BY LABOUR (HEBREW, WITH THE HAND) S...
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2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 13
V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions.
Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of
correction.
V2 Good words have...
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WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY. — As we should say, “in an unsatisfactory
manner,” that is to say, by dishonesty....
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הֹ֖ון מֵ הֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְ קֹבֵ֖ץ עַל
־יָ֣ד יַרְבֶּֽה׃...
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CHAPTER 14
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
"A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth
not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he
tha...
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Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of
a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of
transgressors react upon themselves.
Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
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(e) Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that
gathereth (f) by labour shall increase.
(e) That is, goods evil gotten.
(f) That is, with his own labour....
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_Haste. Hebrew, "by vanity," and injustice. Those who become rich on a
sudden fall under suspicion, as a Roman objected to Sylla, who had
inherited nothing. (Plut.[Plutarch?]) --- By little. Hebrew, ...
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The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the
wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
follow...
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WEALTH [GOTTEN] BY VANITY SHALL BE DIMINISHED,.... In an unjust or
unlawful way, either by robbery and theft, as Aben Ezra; or by fraud
and tricking, by overreaching and circumventing others; or by va...
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Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth
by labour shall increase.
Ver. 11. _Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished._] _De male
quaesitis vix gaudet tertius haeres,_...
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_Wealth gotten by vanity_ By vain, or deceitful, or wicked practices;
_shall be diminished_ Because the curse of God attends it, and the
same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of g...
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V. 11. WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY, gained by deceit and fraud, SHALL BE
DIMINISHED, since the blessing of the Lord does not rest upon it; BUT
HE THAT GATHERETH BY LABOR, by hard, steady, and honest work,...
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BY LABOUR:
_ Heb._ with the hand...
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BY VANITY; by vain, or deceitful, or wicked practices. _Shall be
diminished_, because the curse of God attends upon it. BY LABOUR; by
diligence in an honest calling....
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Proverbs 13:11 Wealth H1952 dishonesty H1892 diminished H4591 (H8799)
gathers H6908 (H8802) labor H3027 increase H7235 (H8686)
Wealth - Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 28:8; Job 15:28-29,...
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TRUE RICHES ARE FOUND THROUGH RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM, WHILST THOSE
WHO IGNORE THAT WISDOM ARE THE TRULY POOR (PROVERBS 13:7).
In this subsection genuine ‘riches' are contrasted with transient
and...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath
pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
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Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This
maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance
to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
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_Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by
labour shall increase._
RIGHT METHODS OF OBTAINING WEALTH
The text implies three things.
I. That wealth in itself is a good th...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:11 WEALTH GAINED HASTILY WILL DWINDLE.
The person who receives sudden wealth has not worked for it enough to
understand its value and has not gained sufficient skill in ma...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 13:11. VANITY, rather “fraud.” BY LABOUR, literally “by
the hand.” or “handful after handful.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:11_
TWO WAYS OF GROWING RICH
I. WEALTH CAN B...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 13:1-15:19
Second section in this collection.
PROVERBS 13:1
A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version
introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
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In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the
contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the
scorner, the transgressor and the good man.
A wise son hears his f...
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Ecclesiastes 5:14; Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:7; James 5:1; Jeremiah
17:11; Job 15:28; Job 15:29; Job 20:15; Job 20:19; Job 27:16;...
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Vanity — By wicked practices....